Smart glasses that combine mixed reality head-mounted displays with computer vision and natural language understanding, such as the Apple VisionPro or Google XR Glass, have the potential to revolutionise the lives of people with low vision by providing access to information about their environment through augmented vision and audio.

While there has been considerable research into the use of smart glasses, there has been much less research into how to support people with low vision who rely on visual cues for interacting with their environment. Note that low vision may result from damage to the eyes or the visual processing region in the brain.